Several Oklahoma State past and present players and coaches were implicated in allegations published in an investigative report by Sports Illustrated. Part one of a five-part series was published Tuesday morning.

At least eight players told Sports Illustrated that they received cash payments while playing at OSU.

The report accused Miles of giving boosters more access to players in the locker room. Miles denied that claim, saying he gave boosters less access than they had previously.

“I don’t know of any improprieties when I was the coach there,” Miles said. “I can tell you this: We’ve always done things right. I enjoyed my time at Oklahoma State. I felt like I met a lot of wonderful people and we made our football team better.

“We worked hard. It has never been a place where you needed to cheat to have success.”

The report alleges that former assistants Joe DeForest and Larry Porter made payments directly to players. Miles hired both DeForest and Porter during his OSU tenure.

Several players denied receiving money, and both DeForest and Porter denied making payments to players.

The report also accused boosters of grossly overpaying players for jobs, or paying them for jobs they did not do.

John Talley, one of those accused, said he paid players who worked, and also paid them for speaking engagements, but that he cleared those engagements through the school's compliance office.

Upcoming installments in the series will focus on allegations of drug use and improper sexual activity within the athletic department.

Miles left Oklahoma State University for LSU in 2005. The Sports Illustrated report includes interviews with dozens of players and staff members who were involved with the program over more than a 10-year period.

“We wanted to take a comprehensive look at a big-time program, particularly one that made a rapid ascent,” executive editor B.J. Schecter said. “For this piece, we were more about venturing inside the factory and seeing how the sausage is made.”

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